| I Kings 10:16
| And Solomon made two hundred shields of the purest gold: he allowed six hundred sicles of gold for the plates of one shield.
| Shields. Hebrew tsinnu is rather indeterminate, denoting something sharp or pointed; "a dart," etc. (Calmet) --- Paralipomenon spears. Some of the shields were made with a point, projecting from the middle, (Haydock) with which the enemy might be wounded. (Menochius) --- These arms were used when the king went to the temple, and were reposited in the arsenal, at his return, 3 Kings 14:28.
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